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Prologue: Archaeology, Animism and Non-Human Agents

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    Linda A. Brown

  2. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA

    William H. Walker

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Brown, L.A., Walker, W.H. Prologue: Archaeology, Animism and Non-Human Agents. J Archaeol Method Theory 15, 297–299 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-008-9056-6

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